[IRCA] DX from business trip to Colorado Springs, CO
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[IRCA] DX from business trip to Colorado Springs, CO



TRH-CO1 DXing on business trip to Colorado Springs, ICF-2010, Kiwa Pocket Loop, Delco car radio
TRH-CO Driving around southern CO, same equipment


Domestic DX (times EDT):
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UNIDs:
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960 UNID ?? UNID 5/7 0059 "9-60, K?MZ, Southern..."? then SSB and off. (TRH-CO1)


1190 UNID ?? UNID 5/5 0241 - Vitamin infomercial, ID sounded like "KCNW 11-50 AM." Note the frequency in the slogan was 1150, not 1190. (TRH-CO1)

1270 UNID ?? UNID 5/5 0207 - Sounded like "Here on New(True?) country, KKZZ." (TRH-CO1)

1270 UNID ?? UNID 5/5 0249 - "The #1 station for news, news 12-70." (TRH-CO1)

1280 UNID ?? UNID 5/7 0707 - Weather forecast mentioned sunrise 6:30, sunset 8:43, so I would guess either KS or NE. (TRH-CO1)

1290  UNID  ??  UNID  5/6 0251 - "Welcome to (Kern?) Country."  (TRH-CO1)

1330  UNID  ??  UNID  5/7 0101 - SSB and off.  (TRH-CO1)

1410 UNID ?? UNID 5/4 0029 - Ad for Don's Toyota (repair/parts). (TRH-CO1)

1590  UNID  ??  UNID  5/6 0804 - Ad for Moody Motors.  (TRH-CO1)

It's odd that I heard XE anthems around 0100 ET / 0500 GMT at the beginning of my trip, then when I monitored those channels at the end of the trip, I got US anthems on both of these channels.


TIS and Other:
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1610 UNID CO UNID - 5/1 1543 - Female announcer with tape loop mentioning "community messages" and a local museum. Tape Loop ends with "If you missed anything, this message will repeat." Logged from Manitou Springs, CO. I covered quite a bit of the area to the N, S, SW, and W of Colorado Springs by car, and had good openings to the NE, E, and SE all week, so I suspect this station was located NW of the Colorado Springs area. (TRH-CO)


1610 WPTJ537 CO Cripple Creek - 5/1 1635 - City TIS with male announcer. Tape loop starts with "Welcome to Cripple Creek, Colorado, the world's greatest gold camp." (TRH-CO)

1610 Realtor CO Manitou Springs - 5/5 0940 - Talking house for a Victorian home located at 947-A Osage St. Carolina Lutze Realtor. (TRH-CO)

1610 WPMZ421 TX Amarillo - 5/4 0622 - Station was in almost every night with NOAA weather for Amarillo and the Texas/Oklahoma panhandle. (TRH-CO1)

The following TIS stations appear to be defunct:
530 WNVN816 Colorado Springs, CO
530 (many) (probably all Denver area HAR stations except the super station WPLX284 which is apparently located at I-25 @ Colorado Blvd.)
530 WPKZ237 Manitou Springs, CO (sign still up on US 24 eastbound only)
530 WNVS403 Pueblo, CO
1610 WPGV452 Cripple Creek, CO (WPTJ537 is on, seems to be located in the casino district in the 200 block of highway 67).



Regular loggings:
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540 KNMX NM Santa Fe - 5/1 1050 - "Spanglish" programming, "hit after hit, New Mexico's best, KNMX 5-40 AM." (TRH-CO)


550 KFRM KS Salina - 5/2 1259 - "5-50 farm radio, your voice of the plains." (TRH-CO1)

550 KTRS MO St. Louis - 5/4 0645 - Promo for Paul Herrick(?) on "the big 5-50, KTRS." (TRH-CO1)

550  KFYR  ND  Bismarck - 5/3 0648 - Faded up for ID.  (TRH-CO1)

570  WNAX  SD  Yankton - 5/7 0047 - Twins post-game show, ID.  (TRH-CO1)

600 KTBB TX Tyler - 5/2 2303 - Rangers post game, ID "the station for news talk in East Texas, KTBB Tyler." (TRH-CO1)

690 (KRMX) CO Pueblo - 5/1 1106 - Station was running OC this morning, but back on in the afternoon with usual "Spanglish" programming. (TRH-CO)

690 KGGF KS Coffeyville - 5/3 2306 - "6-90 AM, KGGF, your ag info source." (TRH-CO1)

690 KTSM TX El Paso - 5/2 0729 - Ad for Tubes and Hoses auto parts shop in El Paso. (TRH-CO1)

730  KKDA  TX  Grande Prairie - 5/3 0704 - Fair with local news. (TRH-CO1)

730 CKDM MB Dauphin - 5/3 2309 - ID, into the "#1 song in the heartland." (TRH-CO1)

750  WSB   GA  Atlana - 5/3 2301 - ID and WSB news.  (TRH-CO1)

750 KJEL MO Lebanon - 5/3 0704 - ABC news and weather for the Ozarks. (TRH-CO1)

750 KMMJ NE Grand Island - 5/3 0704 - "News radio 7-50 and 12-60" (now simulcasting KIMB-NE). (TRH-CO1)

760 WJR MI Detroit - 5/2 2353 - Ad for local day spa. ID caught later. (TRH-CO1)

790 KBME TX Houston - 5/3 2310 - MOR music, ID over Radio Reloj. (TRH-CO1)

810 KVOI TX Crane - 5/1 0031 - Presumed with "Radio Alabanza" slogan. (TRH-CO)

840  KTIC  NE  West Point - 5/3 0710 - "8-40 rural radio, KTIC."  (TRH-CO1)

900  CKBI  SK  Prince Albert - 5/4 0537 - "Country 900, CKBI."  (TRH-CO1)

920 KYST TX Texas City - 5/4 0649 - Local ads, "radio deportes" slogan. (TRH-CO1)

930 KOGA NE Ogallala - 5/3 0018 - Ad string and promo for an event at the Keith County fairgounds. (TRH-CO1)

940  KPSZ  IA  Des Moines - 5/3 2248 - Local ads and ID.  (TRH-CO1)

940  WMIX  IL  Mount Vernon - 5/7 0122 - NOS and call letter ID.  (TRH-CO1)

940  CJGX  SK  Yorkton - 5/4 0540 - "GX 94" slogans.  (TRH-CO1)

960  KMA   IA  Shenandoah - 5/3 0638 - Local events and ID.  (TRH-CO1)

970 WDAY ND Fargo - 5/3 0646 - Farm news, ID, weather, "news talk 9-70" jingle. (TRH-CO1)

980 KMBZ MO Kansas City - 5/3 0006 - "News radio 9-80, the voice of Kansas City." (TRH-CO1)

1020 KOIL NE Plattsmouth - 5/2 2128 - "The country music you love, Coil Country 10-20 AM." (TRH-CO1)

1050 KLOH MN Pipestone - 5/4 0711 - Minnesota farm news, AgStar investments promos. (TRH-CO1)

1060 WLNO LA New Orleans - 5/3 0625 - Promo for local full Gospel church. (TRH-CO1)

1060 KGFX SD Pierre - 5/6 0829 - "Your regional sports leader, 10-60, KGFX." (TRH-CO1)

1090 KVOP TX Plainview - 5/1 0012 - "Your all-time country favorites on the bulldog, KKYN 106.9, kickin' country." (TRH-CO)

1130  KBMR  ND  Bismarck - 5/6 0808 - KBMR radio news.  (TRH-CO1)

1140  KSOO  SD  Sioux Falls - 5/3 2242 - Local ad string.  (TRH-CO1)

1140 CHRB AB High River - 5/2 0658 - "Southern Alberta's community radio station, AM 11-40." (TRH-CO1)

1150 KSAL KS Salina - 5/3 0714 - Local ad string including Key Rexall on Southgate in Salina. (TRH-CO1)

1190 KVSV KS Beloit - 5/6 0823 - Simulcasting 105.5 FM with ads including the First National Bank of Beloit. (TRH-CO1)

1210 KGYN OK Guymon - 5/1 1120 - Promo for Pioneer Days parade coverage. (TRH-CO) 5/3 "Guymon's home town station, high plains proud, KGYN." (TRH-CO1)

1210  KOKK  SD  Huron - 5/4 0656 - ID poking through KGYN.  (TRH-CO1)

1230 KOY AZ Phoenix - 5/7 0731 - ID under KYVA, which had a local ad string and ID. (TRH-CO1)

1240 KSLV CO Monte Vista - 5/1 1800 - Station is still country hits, but runs MOR music in the evenings and Spanish on weekend afternoons as noted when I drove through Salida. (TRH-CO)

1250 KKHK KS Kansas City - 5/2 2341 - ID and "la super equis" slogan. (TRH-CO1)

1250 KBRF MN Fergus Falls - 5/6 2359 - Promo for trip to Twins game vs. White Sox. ID after news. (TRH-CO1)

1260 KWYR SD Winner - 5/6 2358 - Local ads, "real country", ID after news. (TRH-CO1)

1270 WKBF IL Rock Island - 5/7 0419 - Weather for IL and IA. "The new 12-70" into country music. (TRH-CO1)

1270 KSCB KS Liberal - 5/3 0734 - Kansas ag news and local news for Liberal. (TRH-CO1)

1270 WXYT MI Detroit - 5/4 0206 - Weather on "News talk 12-70, WXYT." Noted again the next night. (TRH-CO1)

1270 KRVT OK Claremore - 5/5 0211 - "Oklahoma's best music is on KRVT, the river." (TRH-CO1)

1270 KIML WY Gillette - 5/7 0808 - Local news for Gillette and Campbell County. (TRH-CO1)

1290 KWLS KS Pratt - 5/3 0004 - Ads for local car wash and Cooper Tire dealer, "Super hits 12-90, KWLS." (TRH-CO1)

1290 KKAR NE Omaha - 5/6 0252 - "News talk 12-90, K-Kar, Omaha." (TRH-CO1)

1310 KXTN TX San Antonio - 5/1 0146 - "Spanglish" programming and ads for Janie's Record Shop 735-2070. (TRH-CO1)

1320  KYHN  AR  Ft. Smith - 5/3 0627 - "News talk 16-50, KWHN."  (TRH-CO1)

1340 KVRH CO Salida - 5/1 0653 - Promo "on the oldies station, 13-40 KVRH." Also uses the slogan "Salida's official weather station." Note the locals mispronounce their town's Spanish name with a long "I" as in "Saliva" (Buena Vista, CO is also mis-pronounced "Byoona Vista"). (TRH-CO)

1340  KGFW  NE  Kearney - 5/6 0831 - Local school menus.  (TRH-CO1)

1340 KSID NE Sidney - 5/6 0806 - Ad for Nebraska electrical co-op, KSID weather. (TRH-CO1)

1340 KYCN WY Wheatland - 5/6 0834 - Community calendar for Wheatland. (TRH-CO1)

1360 KSCJ IA Sioux City - 5/2 2349 - Ad for Gunderson's Jewelers in Sioux City. (TRH-CO1)

1380 KPTK OK Lawton - 5/2 2259 - PSA for OK state department of health, and Hotwire post-game show. (TRH-CO1)

1390 KXSS MN Waite Park - 5/7 0145 - "AM 13-90 the fan" into Sporting News radio; weather at 0205 and ID "St. Cloud's (sports?) leader, 13-90 the fan, KXSS Waite Park." (TRH-CO1)

1400 (KRLN) CO Canon City - 5/1 2054 - Off the air as I drove through Canon City, leaving KBLJ-CO with pretty good signals. Back on several hours later. (TRH-CO)

1400 KVSF NM Santa Fe - 5/1 0757 - ID and slogan "the fan, 1400 AM." (TRH-CO)

1410 KOOQ NE North Platte - 5/2 2159 - Promo for "Eagle radio, good time oldies 14-10, KOOQ." (TRH-CO1)

1420 WOC IA Davenport - 5/7 0200 - Legal ID. Hard to believe this was once a Monday morning regular back home in San Diego. (TRH-CO1)

1420 KJCK KS Junction City - 5/2 2359 - "14-20 country, KJCK, Junction City." (TRH-CO1)

1420 KTJS OK Hobart - 5/4 0059 - "Real country 14-20 KTJS" into AP news. (TRH-CO1)

1420  KTOE  MN  Mankato - 5/7 0158 - Local news, ID, and weather.  (TRH-CO1)

1440 KRDZ CO Wray - 5/1 0823 - "All of your favorites of the 60s, 70s, and 80s, KRDZ." (TRH-CO) Also uses slogan "classic hits 14-40."

1440 KMAJ KS Topeka - 5/4 0632 - "Topeka's talk radio 14-40, KMAJ." (TRH-CO1)

1450 KWBW KS Hutchinson - 5/3 0659 - Ad for Hutchinson Chamber of Commerce (hutchchanber.com) 662-3991. (TRH-CO1)

1450  KSIW  OK  Woodward - 5/2 2248 - ID "KSIW, oldies 14-50."  (TRH-CO1)

1490 KZZN TX Littlefield - 5/1 2136 - Nice clear ID, battling an oldies station and a station running AZ Diamondbacks baseball. (TRH-CO)

1510  KGA   WA  Spokane - 5/4 0055 - Ad for SpokaneHelpWanted.com  (TRH-CO1)

1530 KGBT TX Harlingen - 5/7 0041 - Locally produced Spanish religion. (TRH-CO1)

1540 KXEL IA Waterloo - 5/3 2230 - "Your station for news and inspiration, 15-40 KXEL." (TRH-CO1)

1550 KSFT MO St. Joseph - 5/2 2305 - Local ads, "good time oldies 15-50" slogan. (TRH-CO1)

1560 KKAA SD Aberdeen - 5/6 0810 - Ad for local Dodge dealer. This station hardly ever IDs anymore. They run Phil Hendrie at night. (TRH-CO1)

1590 WAIK IL Galesburg - 5/3 0005 - ID faded up nicely through usual KVGB-KS. (TRH-CO1)

1590  KDAV  TX  Lubbock - 5/6 0254 - 1950s oldies and ID.  (TRH-CO1)

1600 KATZ MO St. Louis - 5/4 0006 - Ads for local Gospel choir contest. (TRH-CO1)

1650  KBIV  TX  El Paso - 5/1 0043 - "Classic country 16-50 KBIV."  (TRH-CO)

1660 KQWB ND West Fargo - 5/4 0559 - Ad for local investment broker, "talk radio 16-60, KQWB." (TRH-CO1)

1670 KNRO CA Redding - 5/3 0744 - Ad for local mechanic, ESPN programming. This is one of the few Californians I could receive in the shadow of the Rocky mountains. (TRH-CO1)

1670 WMWR GA Warner Robins - 5/4 0630 - Dave Ramsey, "talk radio 16-70 WMWR." (TRH-CO1)

1670  WTDY  WI  Madison - 5/4 0636 - Wisconsin farm prices, ID.  (TRH-CO1)

Daytime DX is frustrating in Colorado Springs. Several nice catches like KFRM-KS and KGYN-OK are possible, but there are tons of mixing products between the high-powered local stations, most of whom seem to have their transmitters along a short stretch of I-25. At night, the low power of KCMN-1530 and KWYD-1580 is actualy enough to make them listenable over most of the city. Most nighttime reception is to the NE, E, and SE, which makes sense given the Rocky mountains are just to the west.


Pan-American DX (Dates/Times UTC):
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540 MEXICO, Nuevo Casas Grandes, CHIH XETX MAY 1 0604 - Full ID and slogans "La Ranchera de Paquime, la radio de Chihuahua." (TRH-CO)


700 MEXICO, Hidlago del Parral, CHIH XEGD MAY 1 0332 - ID and new slogan "La Poderosa de Parral", announced 5kW. (TRH-CO)

770 MEXICO, Los Mochis, SIN MAY 1 0539 - "J-J-R" slogans, putting a dent in KKOB. (TRH-CO)

960  MEXICO, UNID  MAY 3 0502 - XE anthem and off.  (TRH-CO1)

1110 MEXICO, Cd. Juarez, CHIH XEWR MAY 1 0345 - Local ad string. (TRH-CO)

1330 MEXICO, Monclova, COAH MAY 1 0450 - Local ads and Monclova Acereros baseball coverage. (TRH-CO)

1330  MEXICO, UNID  MAY 6 0504 - XE anthem and off.  (TRH-CO1)


I had two business trips to Colorado Springs with a couple of days inbetween, so I stayed in town and did some sightseeing and DXing on my days off. I also got a very thorough tour of Focus on the Family's headquarters from an old schoolmate of mine who works in their engineering department. Their facilities are by no means lavish, but they have an incredible array of technology in their radio/TV studios, satellite control center, warehouse, mail room, etc. They also have lots of vintage OLD RADIOS on hand, including many on display in their lobby and main radio studio. They actually perform the satellite uploads for a number of other programs, including one of my favorites, "Through the Bible" with the late Dr. Vernon McGee.


73, Tim Hall
Chula Vista, CA

http://www.inetworld.net/halls/dx/index.html

All dates/times mentioned in my reports are Eastern Local Time for US/Canadian stations and GMT for all others.

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